diff --git a/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py b/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py
index c60c1ff..fd9d73e 100644
--- a/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py
+++ b/sylk/applications/xmppgateway/configuration.py
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 AG Projects. See LICENSE for details
 #
 
 from application.system import host
 from application.configuration import ConfigSection, ConfigSetting
 from application.configuration.datatypes import StringList
 from sipsimple.configuration.datatypes import NonNegativeInteger
 
 from sylk.configuration.datatypes import IPAddress, Port
 
 
 class XMPPGatewayConfig(ConfigSection):
     __cfgfile__ = 'xmppgateway.ini'
     __section__ = 'general'
 
     local_ip = ConfigSetting(type=IPAddress, value=IPAddress(host.default_ip))
     local_port = ConfigSetting(type=Port, value=5269)
     trace_xmpp = False
     domains = ConfigSetting(type=StringList, value=[])
     muc_prefix = 'conference'
-    sip_session_timeout = ConfigSetting(type=NonNegativeInteger, value=600)
+    sip_session_timeout = ConfigSetting(type=NonNegativeInteger, value=86400)
     use_msrp_for_chat = True